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Uber has been in Sydney for a year now, and I really like it (Although it has not quite changed my life, like it has others‘). Let me explain why: I live in Bondi, a beach suburb of Sydney. Cabs in Sydney were not very user friendly in the past. The cab licensing was highly restricted […]

It has arrived! The Makerbot Replicator 2 is here. It came in a practical carry bag, although I’m not sure it will move too much. The Rep 2 is a desktop printer, not much bigger than an MFD. Unpacking and setup took less than an hour, thanks to an easy to follow manual and very […]

Below my favourite IPad/IPhone apps. This list is dynamic, please name your favourites in the comments and I’ll add them to the list. Managing Documents The IPad does not have a filing system like a PC and exchanging and managing files needs getting used to. These applications make it easier: Instapaper This indispensible app allows […]

Got it! Could not resist, I went into the store just to have a look. Despite the hype it wasn’t that busy on the first day, and they had almost every model on hand. Ok, so now I have the new IPad. Setup took hardly any time and I really appreciate Apple shipping with a […]

I have finally got an iPad 2, here’s a quick review. It took me a while to decide whether I wanted to upgrade, I quite liked the original iPad and was not really sure that I could justify the expense. But then klaus came with his new toy and showed me, that with the new […]

With IOS version 4.3 Apple added the Personal Hotspot feature to the IPhone. This functionality is not new, it had been available before to jailbroken IPhones and it has been a function on Android phones for a while. A similar function was tethering, which you could use to connect your IPhone to your PC or other device to the internet […]

Filmink has launched its new IPad magazine and it shows the possibilities of publishing to tablets. Filmink have realised the magazine using the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite for Creative Suite, familiar from other tablet magazines such as Wired and already used for over 100 tablet publications. Articles and ads are arranged in a horizontal sequence, multipage articles are read by […]

The free app Dragon Dictate can be really handy for transcribing spoken word to text. It basically records what you say, recognises it as well as possible and gives you text, which you can then email to yourself. If you have an idea while driving, if you want to write a letter, if you always […]